Ruru / Morepork
New Zealand bird calls
Ruru / Morepork
Ninox novaeseelandiae
NZ's only native owl. Its haunting 'more-pork' call is a classic night sound of the bush.
Listen — Ruru / Morepork
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Photo: JJ Harrison, “Morepork 0A2A7676” · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source. Resized for this site.
Audio: © Crown Copyright / Department of Conservation (NZ), “Morepork song” · CC BY 4.0 · source. Re-encoded to AAC.